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Subtitled, "In Search Of Tom Simpson". The book the cycling world has been waiting for. This is a definitive account of the life of Britain's greatest cyclist reissued with a new foreword and chapter.
Synopsis
Tom Simpson was an Olympic medallist, world champion and the first Briton to wear the fabled yellow jersey of the Tour de France. He died a tragic early death on the barren moonscape of the Mont Ventoux during the 1967 Tour.